aptitude-publisher 0.1.2

Publisher CLI for evaluating and publishing Aptitude skills

Aptitude Publisher

Review-first CLI for validating and publishing Aptitude skills.

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Install

Install the published package as a CLI tool:

uv tool install aptitude-publisher
aptitude-publisher --help

Run it without a persistent install:

uvx aptitude-publisher --help

The package installs this console command:

• aptitude-publisher

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Configure Registry Access

Publisher uploads require a registry publish token:

export APTITUDE_PUBLISH_TOKEN=publisher-token

The default registry URL is http://127.0.0.1:8000. Override it for production or self-hosted registries:

export APTITUDE_REGISTRY_URL=https://api.aptitude-registry.dev

Relationship and existing-skill checks can also use a read token:

export APTITUDE_READ_TOKEN=reader-token

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Usage

Launch the guided publisher wizard:

aptitude-publisher menu

Inspect a skill folder before publishing:

aptitude-publisher inspect /path/to/skill

Run the full local flow and stop before upload:

aptitude-publisher publish /path/to/skill --dry-run

Publish a skill to the configured registry:

aptitude-publisher publish /path/to/skill --intent create_skill

Publish a new version of an existing skill:

aptitude-publisher publish /path/to/skill --intent publish_version

Override identity fields when needed:

aptitude-publisher publish /path/to/skill \
  --slug my-skill \
  --version 1.0.0 \
  --publisher-identity my-team

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Skill Folder Contract

A publish-ready source is a local skill folder with a required SKILL.md file. The publisher reads the SKILL.md frontmatter for registry identity, version, metadata, schemas, and relationships.

Generated files under .publisher_artifacts/ are local trace artifacts. They are not source files to author, and they are excluded from the immutable upload bundle.

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What Works Today

• guided inspect and publish menu
• skill-root discovery from local folders or explicit paths
• registry identity derivation from SKILL.md frontmatter
• create-skill and publish-version intent handling
• relationship normalization and registry existence alerts
• metadata extraction for public skill facts and generated estimates
• SKILL.md contract validation
• LLM Guard security scanning over skill text and companion files
• Upskill-backed performance evaluation when configured
• weighted publish ranking and block/allow decisions
• deterministic tar.zst bundle creation
• registry upload with multipart artifact delivery

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Source

Source and contributor documentation live in the project repository:

https://github.com/aptitude-stack/publisher